Shloka 4

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

स तु कालेन महता प्राप्य निष्कल्मषं तप: । ब्रह्मर्षिसदृश: पाण्डुबभूव भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ जनमेजय! राजा पाण्डु दीर्घकालतक पापरहित तपस्याका अनुष्ठान करके ब्रह्मर्षियोंके समान प्रभावशाली हो गये थे

Transliteration

sa tu kālena mahatā prāpya niṣkalmaṣaṁ tapaḥ | brahmarṣi-sadṛśaḥ pāṇḍur babhūva bharatarṣabha bharataśreṣṭha janamejaya |

Translation

ହେ ଭରତଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଜନମେଜୟ! ଦୀର୍ଘକାଳ ନିଷ୍କଲ୍ମଷ ତପସ୍ ସାଧନ କରି ରାଜା ପାଣ୍ଡୁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମର୍ଷିମାନଙ୍କ ସଦୃଶ ତେଜସ୍ବୀ ଓ ପ୍ରଭାବଶାଳୀ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कालेन: by/with time; in course of time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great/long
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्राप्य: having attained/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• निष्कल्मषम्: sinless; free from impurity
• निष्कल्मषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्कल्मष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मर्षि-सदृशः: like a brahmarshi
• ब्रह्मर्षि-सदृशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुः: Pandu
• पाण्डुः: Karta
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Past (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरत-ऋषभ: O bull of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍu
• Janamejaya
• Bharata lineage (Bharatas)
• Brahmarṣis (seer-sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained tapas that is niṣkalmaṣa (untainted by wrongdoing) purifies and elevates a person’s stature; ethical discipline, not mere power, is presented as the basis of true greatness—even for a king.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana tells King Janamejaya that Pāṇḍu, after a long period of blameless austerity, attained a brahmarṣi-like radiance and influence, emphasizing his spiritual and moral transformation.